TUCSON, AZ (March 15, 2008) - The SKUSA Desert Kart Challenge completed
its third round last weekend, racing at the P1 Kart Circuit in Tucson,
Arizona on March 17. Six classes - three shifter and three TaG categories
- battled at the 8/10-mile circuit that is a replica of the famous Suzuka
Kart Circuit in Japan. The event, hosted by the Southern Arizona Kart
Club, saw Bud Grossenbacher earn two main event wins in the tough TaG
Senior and S1 categories.

The largest class of the weekend was the TaG Senior category.
Grossenbacher earned top qualifier status but would lose the first heat
race to James Rooke by just three-tenths. In the second heat, Rooke
received the meatball flag for dragging a metal object and needed to
leave the racing surface, thereby allowing Grossenbacher to take the win
unchallenged. In the main, Rooke started from the tail of the field, but
was up to fourth in just one lap. By the halfway mark, he had moved into
the second spot and set his sights on the leader but Grossenbacher had
pulled out enough gap to cruise to the victory. Rooke settled for second
while Matt Bejarano took the final podium spot with his third place
finish.

Grossenbacher earned his second victory in the S1 shifter category,
sweeping the on-track sessions ahead of Indy Pro Series driver Mike
Potekhen and series rookie Andreas Flodstrsm.

In the Stock Honda divisions, the flagship category in SKUSA competition,
Tam Aluminos driver Harley Owen took the S3 main event win over Paul
Flori and Russell Errigo after a difficult couple of heat races. Dave Van
Gordon put a lap on the entire S4 field to take the class win with Tommy
Baker and Pete Pittman completing the podium.

The TaG Masters group was a two-man battle between Sean Kingston and
Michael Zuieback. Kingston took the checkered flag, just one second a
head of Zuibeck, but was removed from the results after going through the
tech barn. This gave Zuibeck the win with Tim Haskins and Roger Culver
completing the podium.

TaG Jr. had a very small turnout due to spring break vacations, but the
two drivers that competed made it very interesting. Chance Stephens blew
his motor during the first practice. After fighting for time, they
rebuilt the engine and made it to qualifying, where he then broke his
chain. In the Final, Tyler Cerbo spun on the first lap, giving the lead
to Stephens. Cerbo fought back to take the lead but broke with five laps
to go, handing Chance his first win of the season.